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She has extensive experience of school improvement and curriculum leadership, and her school was one of the founding schools of a multi-academy trust. Catherine has an education degree, the National Professional Qualification for Headship, and a Postgraduate Certificate in Attachment, Trauma and Mental Health.

In addition to being a serving headteacher, Catherine works for a local authority as an associate school adviser. The team provides school to school support across the authority and Catherine takes a lead in the quality assurance of induction for ECTs. Catherine has a thorough understanding of the deep dive methodology and the expectations of the Ofsted framework.

As a qualified coach, Catherine has the skills and expertise to support leaders in balancing a sharp focus on strategic school improvement with the pressures of leadership. She has represented headteachers in a variety of contexts such as School Forum, specialist groups and was the chair of her local headteacher association for 2 years.

Catherine's areas of strength:
● Inspections and preparation
● Subject deep dives
● Curriculum development/design
● Subject leadership
● Leadership coaching
● Understanding and managing challenging behaviour